feat(llm-client): prepare routed completion candidates

[afourniernv]

Summary

Prepares each routed completion candidate in libsy-llm-client, immediately before the client calls it. Selected targets and fallbacks are prepared independently, so target-specific request policy cannot leak from one candidate to the next.

This is the second PR for #496 / SWITCH-1253. #455 is already merged. #464 adds the target-level TOML configuration.

Changed since the first review

The earlier implementation put answer-call state in libsy. This replacement removes that approach:

• No changes to libsy, its algorithms, PyO3, or the Python API.
• No CallModel::is_answer or Driver::call_answer_model API.
• No translation dependency from libsy.
• Request preparation now happens in libsy-llm-client, which already owns selected-target and fallback execution.

ClientRouter carries the route's target preparation policy. Its private call phase distinguishes routing dependencies from completion candidates. The runner uses the high-level serve_routing_call helper rather than exposing routing-request preparation across the crate boundary.

The public Rust surface adds ClientRouter::with_target_prompts, ClientRouter::prepare_completion_request, and serve_routing_call. Existing public method signatures are unchanged.

Request flow

1. Translation decodes the inbound request before libsy runs.
2. libsy selects an ordered list of candidates using the provider-neutral request.
3. libsy-llm-client clones the original request for each candidate and prepares it immediately before the call.
4. If a candidate fails, the next candidate starts from the same unmodified base request.

The actual model and prompt mutation remains in switchyard-translation, through the helper added in #455.

Review scope

This PR is one signed commit touching four files (+206/-78):

1. crates/libsy-llm-client/src/lib.rs: exports the routing-call serving helper
2. crates/libsy-llm-client/src/run.rs: candidate preparation and fallback isolation
3. crates/switchyard-runner/src/route.rs: direct Route execution paths
4. crates/switchyard-runner/tests/route.rs: embedded-host coverage

It can merge on its own. Without #464, native TOML does not configure target prompts. This PR also keeps preserved request bodies aligned with each selected candidate, fixing the fallback issue found in the earlier review.

Validation

• cargo fmt --all --check
• cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
• cargo test --workspace
• Verified switchyard-libsy has no switchyard-translation dependency

Stack

• feat(translation): prepare requests for routed targets #455: translation helper, merged
• feat(llm-client): prepare routed completion candidates #463: completion-candidate preparation
• feat(server): configure system prompts by target #464: target TOML configuration, compatibility, tests, and docs

[afourniernv]

Update: this no longer applies after the restructure. #463 does not change RoutingOutcome or the Python bindings, and there is no source-breaking API change. libsy is unchanged. Request preparation now happens in libsy-llm-client.

[afourniernv]

Tracking issue: #496

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

Routing now prepares requests per target model. Target-specific prompts apply to answer calls and selected outcomes, while fallback and classifier calls use their own requests. Rust and Python APIs expose this behavior, with tests covering prompt isolation and replay preservation.

Changes

Target-specific request routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Request preparation contracts crates/switchyard-translation/..., crates/libsy/src/core/target_prompts.rs, crates/libsy/src/core.rs, crates/libsy/src/lib.rs	Added shared target request preparation and the public TargetPrompts policy. Prompt insertion clears preserved provider bodies; model-only changes preserve replay data.
Core routing and prompt policy crates/libsy/src/core/algorithm.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/prompts.rs, crates/libsy/src/core/testing.rs, crates/libsy/README.md	Added request_for, call_answer_model, layered prompt policies, target validation, and selected-request preparation. Updated prompt processing and host guidance.
Routing and fallback execution crates/libsy/src/algorithms/*, crates/libsy-llm-client/src/run.rs	Stage, advisor, classifier, and candidate execution now apply prompts only to answer targets and build requests per candidate. Tests capture prompt delivery and fallback order.
Python binding integration crates/switchyard-py/..., switchyard_rust/libsy.py, tests/test_libsy_minimal_bindings.py	Exposed target request construction and prompt wrappers in Python. Routing outcomes retain synchronized Rust state and support response extraction and request conversion.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e9a30

Fallback requests may reach the wrong model when the fallback target has no prompt, so merge should wait for this request-construction bug to be fixed or explicitly accepted. The remaining documentation follow-up is non-blocking.

Poem

I’m a rabbit with prompts in a neat little row,
Each target gets only the words it should know.
Fallbacks hop onward with requests freshly spun,
Replay stays safe when no prompt has begun.
Rust and Python now share the same trail—
Carrots for tests, and a prompt-friendly tale!

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• Resolve merge conflict in branch afournier/switch-1253-libsy-target-prompts

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Actionable comments posted: 2

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

crates/libsy/src/core/algorithm.rs (1)

32-34: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the precedence rule in target_prompt.

target_prompt returns the first matching layer. That single line defines the whole outer-over-inner policy. RoutingOutcome::with_target_prompts (Line 166) uses insert(0, ..) while Driver::with_target_prompts (Line 215) uses push. Both produce outer-first order only because the two call sites run in opposite directions: the driver is decorated on the way in, and the outcome is decorated on the way out.

Add a short comment on target_prompt stating that the first layer wins, and note on each with_target_prompts why the insertion position differs. This is required for private helpers with non-obvious behavior.

As per coding guidelines: "For Rust changes, add concise comments for module/file intent, public structs/enums, public methods, private helpers with non-obvious behavior".

📝 Proposed comments

+// The first layer that names `target` wins, so callers must store outer layers first.
 fn target_prompt<'a>(prompts: &'a [Arc<TargetPrompts>], target: &ModelId) -> Option<&'a str> {
     prompts.iter().find_map(|prompts| prompts.get(target))
 }

+    // Outcomes are decorated on the way out, so the outer layer arrives last and must lead.
     pub(crate) fn with_target_prompts(mut self, prompts: Arc<TargetPrompts>) -> Self {
         self.target_prompts.insert(0, prompts);
         self
     }

+    // Drivers are decorated on the way in, so the outer layer arrives first and already leads.
     pub(crate) fn with_target_prompts(mut self, prompts: Arc<TargetPrompts>) -> Self {
         self.target_prompts.push(prompts);
         self
     }

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In `@crates/libsy/src/core/algorithm.rs` around lines 32 - 34, Add concise
comments documenting that target_prompt selects the first matching prompt layer,
and explain the differing insertion positions in
RoutingOutcome::with_target_prompts and Driver::with_target_prompts: each must
preserve outer-first precedence given its decoration order.

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Inline comments:
In `@crates/libsy/src/core/algorithm.rs`:
- Around line 149-162: Update prepare_request_for_target usage in the fallback
request path so changing the target model also clears or regenerates the
preserved raw_request body; ensure the bare fallback encodes the selected
fallback model rather than the original auto model, and extend the relevant test
to assert the encoded model.

In `@crates/switchyard-py/src/libsy_bindings.rs`:
- Around line 387-398: Document the public request_for and with_target_prompts
APIs: in crates/switchyard-py/src/libsy_bindings.rs lines 387-398, 471-478, and
532-545, state that request_for accepts only a current candidate and errors for
completed calls or unknown targets, and that with_target_prompts affects answer
calls only, not classifier or judge calls. Add concise matching docstrings in
switchyard_rust/libsy.py lines 92, 109, and 197 for ModelCall.request_for,
RoutingOutcome.request_for, and Algorithm.with_target_prompts.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@crates/libsy/src/core/algorithm.rs`:
- Around line 32-34: Add concise comments documenting that target_prompt selects
the first matching prompt layer, and explain the differing insertion positions
in RoutingOutcome::with_target_prompts and Driver::with_target_prompts: each
must preserve outer-first precedence given its decoration order.

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• crates/libsy-llm-client/src/run.rs
• crates/libsy/Cargo.toml
• crates/libsy/README.md
• crates/libsy/src/algorithms/advisor_gate.rs
• crates/libsy/src/algorithms/advisor_gate/tests.rs
• crates/libsy/src/algorithms/llm_class.rs
• crates/libsy/src/algorithms/stage.rs
• crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/prompts.rs
• crates/libsy/src/core.rs
• crates/libsy/src/core/algorithm.rs
• crates/libsy/src/core/target_prompts.rs
• crates/libsy/src/core/testing.rs
• crates/libsy/src/lib.rs
• crates/switchyard-py/Cargo.toml
• crates/switchyard-py/src/libsy_bindings.rs
• crates/switchyard-translation/src/lib.rs
• crates/switchyard-translation/src/util.rs
• crates/switchyard-translation/tests/request_translation.rs
• switchyard_rust/libsy.py
• tests/test_libsy_minimal_bindings.py

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[grahamking]

This seems to put libsy-llm-client things into libsy. Needs a restructure.